The mount Bego region is almost known for its rock-art but it is also one of the earliest occupation of early Neolithic
The site is divided into 7 sectors. Main ones are Les Merveilles sector and Fontanalba sector
| sectors | nb.rocks | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Les Merveilles | 2542 |
| 2 | Fontanalba | 1704 |
| 6 | Valaurette | 34 |
| 5 | Sainte-Marie | 16 |
| 1 | Col du Sabion | 8 |
| 7 | Valmasque | 6 |
| 3 | Gordolasque | 1 |
| 8 | Vei del Bouc | 1 |
| 9 | TOTAL | 4312 |
The entire site is about 900 ha, with the large majority of engraved rocks in the France territory but also a sector in between France and Italy (Col du Sabion sector) and a rock in Italy (Vei del Bouc sector)
There’s about 20,000 figuratives pecked engravings
The main common engravings are, from large, horned figures engraved.
The Zone 13 (Valaurette sector) shows a distinctive profile with almost only topographic figure
Engravings are displayed on rocks between ~1990 m to ~2700
Impressive rock engravings are often the anthropomorphs while their represent only a narrow part of all figurative engravings
In the Arpette sector lies the Roche de l’Homme aux bras en zigzag
The rocks main figure is an anthropomorph with arms in zigzag.
In the vallées de Merveilles lies the unique stelae of the site, the so-called Stèle du Chef de Tribu
This is really important..
This is the lowest important concentration of engravings in the Merveilles sector
The zone is characterised by figures à franges
The most known rocks are the HBZZ
The most known rocks are the CdT and the Christ
This is really important..
This is really important..
It is equivalent to the zone XXIII. It has a unique engraved rock discovered by J. Begin.
There is two main techniques with only a narrow regsitry shared